spicery

American  

[spahy-suh-ree] / ˈspaɪ sə ri /

noun

plural

spiceries

1. spice.

2. spicy flavor or fragrance.

3. Archaic. a storeroom or place for spices.

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spicery British  

/ ˈspaɪsərɪ /

noun

1. spices collectively

2. the piquant or fragrant quality associated with spices

3. obsolete a place to store spices

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Etymology

Origin of spicery

1250–1300; Middle English spicerie < Old French espicerie. See spice, -ery

Example Sentences

This shorter passage to Cathay, or the land of spicery, had been the day-dream of all the great navigators in this direction for more than a hundred years.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

For you must know that all the spicery, and the cloths of silk and gold, and the other valuable wares that come from the interior, are brought to that city.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Gad: It is a company of Ishmaelites, from Gilead, with their camels, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going down into Egypt.

From The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Lobingier, Elizabeth Erwin Miller

By all that country groweth good ginger, and therefore thither go the merchants for spicery.

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

And from this censer came such a rich and penetrating perfume as if all the spicery of the world had been there, while upon the table suddenly appeared the most delicious of meats and drinks.

From Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles